240 results for 'cat:"Probation"'.
J. Waples finds that the trial court improperly granted the state’s motion to modify a condition of probation when imposing that the defendant must complete the Cognitive Self Change (CSC) program. The defendant argues that after his sentencing they changed the CSC program and his probation officer moved to modify the condition for the Risk Reduction Program, but he did not agree to the modification. The plain language of the condition was misinterpreted by the Department of Corrections to require the defendant to participate in CSC or an equivalent program. Therefore, the defendant could move to strike or modify the condition himself before it goes in effect. Reversed.
Court: Vermont Supreme Court, Judge: Waples, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 23-AP-140, Categories: Criminal Procedure, Murder, probation
J. Luthy finds that the trial court properly imposed probation conditions on defendant for sex offenses he committed as a minor. He argued that since statute does not require sex offender registration for defendants whose offenses were committed as minors, it was error to impose the same restrictions on him as conditions of probation. But statute does not bar the imposition of sex offender conditions during the limited period of probation. However, the requirement to provide a DNA specimen was error since it is an express component of the requirement to register as a sex offender. Reversed in part.
Court: Utah Court Of Appeals, Judge: Luthy, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 20230194-CA, Categories: Dna, probation, Sex Offender
J. Hamilton finds that the lower court properly revoked defendant's probation, finding that he possessed a firearm in violation of the terms of his supervised release. While the trial judge should not have allowed defendant's probation officer to narrate a police surveillance video showing defendant with the gun without permitting defendant to cross-examine the officer, the error was harmless. Affirmed.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Hamilton, Filed On: April 24, 2024, Case #: 22-3282, Categories: Firearms, probation, Witnesses
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J. Gratton finds that the trial court properly refused to suppress drugs and a firearm in defendant's home during a probation search prompted by a confidential tip. A probation agreement authorized law enforcement officers other than his own probation officer to conduct searches, and he did not preserve his challenge to the validity of the agreement or his claim that his probation officer must first request that he submit to a search. Also, the trial court's error in sustaining an objection to part of defendant's closing argument was harmless. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Court Of Appeals, Judge: Gratton, Filed On: April 23, 2024, Case #: 50051, Categories: Drug Offender, probation, Search
J. Cabranes finds that the district court properly held that defendant's three-year term of supervised release for firearms possession began when imprisonment ended, not upon release from federal custody. Defendant had been transferred to New York custody on state charges of attempted murder, the conviction of which was vacated based on procedural error, and he was eventually freed when charges were dismissed on retrial. Defendant sought release from probation after spending four years in pretrial detention, but precedent holds that "imprisonment" ends when federal supervised release begins. Affirmed.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Cabranes, Filed On: April 23, 2024, Case #: 23-6394-cr, Categories: probation, Sentencing
Per curiam, the circuit finds that defendant's request to reinstate his appeal should be again remanded as brought from the lower court's refusal to modify a condition of probation that prohibits him from having direct contact with minors, including his own children, without approval. Action had not been taken on remand within 30 days, and the issue should be heard by a different judge this time around.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: April 17, 2024, Case #: 23-6145, Categories: Criminal Procedure, probation
J. Gladwin finds the circuit court properly revoked defendant's probation, sentencing her to 120 months in prison. Defendant previously pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and theft of property, receiving 10 years of probation. Later, defendant, thinking her boyfriend was cheating on her, confronted him in the front yard of the other woman's home, attacking him with a knife. Detective interview video shows defendant admitting to having a knife, which supports the revocation. Affirmed.
Court: Arkansas Court Of Appeals, Judge: Gladwin , Filed On: April 17, 2024, Case #: CR-23-652, Categories: probation, Assault, Weapons
J. Egan finds that the lower court properly revoked probation after defendant violated a condition by having contact with her estranged husband, who had been convicted of possessing a forged instrument along with his wife, because the condition had been set by her probation officer as reasonably related to rehabilitation in light of the perception that her husband was a negative influence who contributed to her criminal activity. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Egan, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: 109182, Categories: probation
Per curiam, the appellate division finds that the lower court properly convicted defendant based on her guilty plea to burglary because defendant's appeal waiver precluded the challenge to the $190 restitution order. Meanwhile, the court properly revoked probation imposed upon a prior DUI conviction. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: CR-23-0071, Categories: probation, Restitution
J. Savoie vacates the driver's sentence for vehicular homicide for driving while intoxicated and rear-ending another vehicle, resulting in the other driver's death. The original judge changed the 30 eight-hour days of community service to 480 hours, but the trial court did not specify how much of the community service consisted of prevention, or how much "extra time, extra credit" this community service would count if the driver brought her children to church with her. Vacated.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Savoie, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: KA-23-779, Categories: probation, Sentencing, Vehicular Homicide
J. Palafox finds a lower court did not err in revoking defendant’s community supervision for failing to submit to drug tests after he pleaded guilty to heroin possession with a repeat-offender enhancement. Defendant argued he had not been given specific and adequate notice about the terms of his probation, but according to precedent from the Court of Criminal Appeals, a defendant waives their right to complain about probation terms if they don’t raise those complaints at trial. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Palafox, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 08-23-00237-CR, Categories: Drug Offender, probation, Plea
J. Hixson finds the circuit court properly revoked defendant's suspended imposition of sentence. Defendant was convicted for failure to support after not making $20,000 in child support payments. He pleaded no contest to charges of nonsupport and fleeing. All evidence supports the conviction. He also did not raise the issue the court failed to provide him with the written terms of his probation. Affirmed.
Court: Arkansas Court Of Appeals, Judge: Hixson , Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: CR-23-272, Categories: probation, Due Process
Per curiam, the court of appeals dismisses defendant's appeal. Convicted by a no-contest plea for meth possession, defendant's community supervision was revoked and then dismissed on appeal for deprivation of right to counsel. The trial court then denied defendant's motion to reinstate. The court of appeals does not have jurisdiction when the trial court's order does not adjudicate guilt or acquittal.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 09-24-00086-CR, Categories: Drug Offender, probation, Jurisdiction
J. Mize finds that the trial court erred in revoking defendant’s probation for failure to report to the probation officer two months in a row. The trial court’s order is remanded for reconsideration of probation being revoked and what sentence should be imposed. Reversed.
Court: Florida Courts Of Appeal, Judge: Mize, Filed On: April 5, 2024, Case #: 6D23-786, Categories: probation, Sentencing
J. Crothers finds that the district court properly revoked defendant's probation and resentenced him to 36 months of incarceration. Defendant claims that the court imposed an illegal sentence after it revoked his probation because the new sentence is longer than his original sentence. Affirmed.
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court, Judge: Crothers, Filed On: April 4, 2024, Case #: 2024ND55, Categories: probation, Sentencing
J. Maxa finds that the lower court improperly issued an order that found defendant had violated the terms of his community custody. The violation stemmed from an incident where he reportedly threatened to stab his roommate, leading to a felony conviction for death threats and harassment that was later vacated due to insufficient evidence. The lower court found this incident still violated his community custody, but the relevant statute states that a violation cannot be based on hearsay evidence alone and this finding was too largely based on hearsay evidence. Reversed.
Court: Washington Court Of Appeals, Judge: Maxa, Filed On: April 2, 2024, Case #: 57552-3-II, Categories: Criminal Procedure, probation
J. McMurdie finds a lower court improperly vacated a defendant's probation extension. The defendant, who pleaded no contest to theft, argued that he was entitled to withdraw from a probation extension and revocation. However, the State presented sufficient evidence in court that he made irregular restitution payments to his victim and then perpetrated another misdemeanor crime. Vacated.
Court: Arizona Court Of Appeals Division One, Judge: McMurdie, Filed On: April 2, 2024, Case #: 1 CA-CR 21-459, Categories: probation, Theft
J. Neeley finds the trial court properly revoked defendant's community supervision for his guilty plea conviction for assaulting a member of his household by impeding breathing or circulation. Defendant's supervision was properly revoked for his failure to submit to a urinalysis and for committing another assault against a different victim. If defendant's right to confront the alleged victim during the revocation hearing was violated, any error regarding a violation to which he pleaded “not true” did not contribute to his conviction because he pleaded “true” to other offenses. Affirmed.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Neeley , Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 12-23-00199-CR, Categories: probation, Assault, Due Process
J. Stiglich grants defendant's petition for mandamus. Defendant pleaded guilty to attempted burglary and was sentenced to probation, but now seeks mandamus to compel the court to set aside the conviction after he completed substance abuse treatment. Relevant statute removes judicial discretion in cases where a defendant fulfills probation conditions for a drug court program.
Court: Nevada Supreme Court, Judge: Stiglich , Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 86982, Categories: Burglary, Drug Offender, probation